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excerpt definition

ex·cerpt (ek sʉrpt′, ik-; also, and for n., always, ek′sʉrpt′)

transitive verb

to select, take out, or quote (passages from a book, sequences from a film, etc.); extract

Etymology: < L excerptus, pp. of excerpere, to pick out, choose < ex-, out + carpere, to pick, pluck < IE *kerp- < base *(s)ker-, to cut, scrape > harvest

noun

a passage or sequence selected or quoted from a book, article, film, etc.; extract

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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